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17 Feb 2015
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Functional analysis of NQPT1 and NPQT2 promoters, and analysis using GUS activity the transcriptional control and strength of NQPT2 versus CaMV35S promoters

Case study - 20 pages - Biology

Quinolinate phosphoribosyltransferase (QPT) links the pyridine nucleotide cycle and aspartate pathway by maintaining the availability of nicotinic acid important for de novo synthesis of NAD and alkaloid. QPT is encoded by QPT gene. Gene duplication leads to two different forms of QPT gene which...

16 Feb 2015
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The impact of sleep duration on vulnerability to false memory implantation

Case study - 5 pages - Biology

Many studies have been examining effects of sleep loss on developing false memory. Yet, its role in ‘lost-in-the-mall' memory implantation has not been discerned. This study will investigate impact of sleep durations on vulnerability to false memory implantation, in university students....

16 Feb 2015
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Exploiting the use of fluorophore in extraction and direct detection of rice's lipase activity

Case study - 5 pages - Biology

Lipase is the major protein in rice that catalyzes endogenous hydrolysis of lipids. Study on lipase activity is crucial in rice bran utilization, as it causes rancidity, severely affects the product quality and tarnishes its economic value. This experiment aimed to isolate lipase from different...

15 Feb 2015
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Conventional offset

Case study - 5 pages - Biology

It is the main printing process since the second half of the 20th century, ensuring good quality for medium and large print runs and just about any type of paper and some types of plastic (especially polystyrene). Planográfico process, originating in lithography, he makes an indirect impression:...

12 Feb 2015
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Efficacy of treatment approaches in out-patient therapy

Case study - 7 pages - Medical studies

Anti-depressant medications have been considered as the best outpatient treatment for most depressive disorders, despite the fact that reviews and evidence suggesting otherwise that evidence-based psychotherapies are just as effective as pharmacotherapy when it comes to treating major depressive...

12 Feb 2015
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Effects of addition of Nitrogen on Ph and availability of Soil Nutrients

Case study - 3 pages - Physics

Sol N has dominated plant biomass in entire treatments. Low and high nitrogen diverge with Mat R and Sol N creating a difference significantly in production as the second generation ends. The low N composition is dominated by Mat R at the fifth generation and the high N is dominated by...

27 Jan 2015
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Cache coherence - survey

Case study - 5 pages - Computer science

Many multiprocessor chips and computer systems today have hardware that supports shared-memory. This is because shared-memory multicore chips are considered a cost-effective way of providing increased and improved computing speed and power since they utilize economically interconnected low-cost...

19 Jan 2015
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Calculating differntial and integral

Case study - 5 pages - Mathematics

The Differential and Integral Calculus "is the mathematics of change" (Larson, 1998 p.85). It is one of the most traditional disciplines in educational sciences at the university, and that has best preserved its original structure. It is important, and think why the fact that, even today, with...

19 Jan 2015
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Thermodynamics

Case study - 7 pages - Physics

Thermodynamics is the part of physics that studies the phenomena related to labor, energy, heat and entropy, and the laws that govern the energy conversion processes. Although we all have a sense of what is energy, it is very difficult to make a precise definition for it. In fact physics accepts...

19 Jan 2015
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Contributions of the dual transmission

Case study - 6 pages - Biology

Redemption is an important factor to grip the viewer to moral values upheld by the film. And redemption of the character is linked to the satisfaction of the viewer. Because we believe the films according to our religious beliefs related to our culture thus, we can see that the end of movie...

19 Jan 2015
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E case study: Alzheimer's disease

Case study - 6 pages - Biology

Alzheimer's disease is a dementia disorder in the world in the elderly. Today the disease has spread over 860000 cases in France according to WHO (World Organization of Health) and that number keeps growing each year. Often referred to the twenty-first century, this disease attacks the brain...

19 Jan 2015
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The creation of the Vincennes Zoo

Case study - 7 pages - Biology

In 1860, the director of the National Museum of Natural History, Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, wants to create a schedule to the Menagerie du Jardin des Plantes to study the behavior of animals in a larger and more similar space in their environment original life. The project is mainly driven by a...

19 Jan 2015
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Aging case study

Case study - 8 pages - Biology

Aging, also known as senescence, is a physiological process that causes a slow deterioration of the functions of the body. It is characterized general degradation capacity of the body: Psychomotor, immune or reproductive. He 'spares no area of the human body, whether skin, bones, muscles but...

14 Jan 2015
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The Solar system discovery - A Scientific historical advancement and implications in science

Case study - 5 pages - Computer science

Art and science are related fields but have a different view on several phenomena. Scientific arguments are considered to involve more thinking and even research work. Art is considered as not involving much investigation. The science and art are interrelated; hence they are beneficial concepts...

05 Jan 2015
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Underage Internet Use

Case study - 2 pages - Computer science

Social media has greatly influenced communication between people. Some of the two most popular social media that are significantly restructuring how we relate and keep in touch with one another are Facebook and Twitter. Research has been done on the growth of internet use among children and...

24 Dec 2014
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Video Games Console Prizing Puzzle in Microsoft and Sony

Case study - 10 pages - Computer science

Entertainment is a big part of the developed countries economies. A greater part of the entertainment is mainly on the video games, software products, which exist solely for the amusement of the users. Video games can run on modern computer platforms but there are also dedicated machines that...

30 Nov 2014
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Light control circuit

Case study - 12 pages - Electronics, mechanics, engineering & technology

This research is intended to be used to design a circuit that converts any sound to light, it is an electrical circuit with a Sound sensor, when it hears the sound wave, the sensor converts that sound wave to a certain volts (electrical wave), and the electrical wave runs through the circuit and...

24 Nov 2014
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The growth and development of plants

Case study - 2 pages - Biology

In Indonesia there are countries plant species diversity. Circumstances such as climate and soil strongly supports the survival of various plant species. Therefore Indonesian citizen is obliged to be grateful for God's grace. Growth is the increase in the number of cells in an organism....

24 Nov 2014
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Theme of Change in Hessler's Country Driving- A Journey Through China From Agricultural Farm to Factory, Hessler, P

Essay - 3 pages - Computer science

This book depicts Peter Hessler's journey that started in the summer of 2001 through 7000miles of China. Hessler made this book comprehendible by subdividing it into three sections. In the first section, he analyzes the Great wall starting from Beijing and venturing to the Tibetan plateau...

21 Nov 2014
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Electromagnetic Fields and their Effect on Human

Case study - 6 pages - Electronics, mechanics, engineering & technology

Electronic revolution has changed human life, since the early beginning of human being history humankind has always been trying to creative new things in all fields, the use of electric devices have became mandatory especially in communication like wireless communication links ex (mobile...

28 Oct 2014
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Technological life cycle, Cradle-to-cradle design Concept

Case study - 5 pages - Computer science

Cradle-to-cradle design is a human based thinking system that believes on effective and elegance approach of human design to the natural system through learning from the incorporated patterns of nature. This revolutionary approach of human industry of redesign base on science and design rigorous...

12 Sep 2014
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Article Critique: Equine-Assisted psychotherapy (EAP) in Children

Case study - 6 pages - Computer science

The article aims at presenting a mental health intervention modality for children who are or have experienced intra-family violence using an equine-assisted psychotherapy. The article links violence between parents to the adverse effects they have on their children. Children are at greater risks...

12 Sep 2014
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Effects of intensive policing tactics (like writing lots of UF-250s and summonses) on the community

Case study - 2 pages - Medical studies

According to researches, evidences consistently showing that, in the minds of police officers, as well as civilians, being black and male is inextricably accompanied with beliefs of criminality and dreadfulness leading to a habituated reaction of distrust and alarm that then results into...

25 Aug 2014
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Emergency management based on a historical perspective - case study

Case study - 3 pages - Medical studies

Previous study proposes that emergencies are accidents and therefore are unforeseen. While the term emergency implies a condition of urgency and need, and thus implies lack of preparation and need for a response, this view is not accurate. While the incidence of accidents leads to crises, it is...

19 Aug 2014
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Picture archiving communication systems (PACS) in the medical sector

Case study - 3 pages - Computer science

In the past, there were many channels and steps that were followed in the transmission and storage of images. However, the introduction of PACS brought a solution to this problem. There is a requirement to review this newly introduced technology. It is instrumental, especially in the medical...

10 Jul 2014
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The effects of NaCl on seed germination (Seeds used are from the Family Solanaceae and Brassicaceae)

Case study - 5 pages - Physics

In agricultural production, soil salinity has been a major contributing factor to soil degradation. Salinity inhibits the plant germination due to ionic and osmotic effects. Though, different plant species and families have developed coping mechanisms to defeat this vice. Osmotic potential...

29 May 2014
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Management of CHD and other chronic illnesses

Case study - 7 pages - Medical studies

This report presents Coronary Heart Disease (CHD) also known as Coronary Artery Disease, a condition that affects a large number of people and which causes a lot death as it affect a most vital organ in the body - the heart. Once we have looked its definition, diagnosis and treatment options we...

29 May 2014
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Homeostatic Mechanisms and Malfunctions Leading to Disorders

Case study - 4 pages - Biology

The internal bodily environment is made up of physiological variables such as body temperature, blood sugar levels and mineral concentrations yet organisms are required to function effectively in this wide range of conditions. Homeostasis is the ability of systems or organism to be able to...

22 May 2014
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Mental Health and Deviancy - 'From Madness to Mental Illness and Back Again'

Case study - 37 pages - Medical studies

Over the last few centuries, our perception of mental illness has changed considerably, from the view that the ‘insane' were a deviant group who needed, for the sake of society, to be controlled and hidden, through the age of psychiatry, medical-ism and cure whereby medicine became an agent...

13 May 2014
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Plastic-Assisted Suicide: How Humans are Killing Themselves

Case study - 2 pages - Biology

You are on vacation and you're walking along a white coastline on a hot August day. You're trying to walk as straight as possible, pretending you're an acrobat on a tightrope high above the circus floor. One heel in front of the other foot's big toe, one by one, slowly combing through grains of...